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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
10 imprtant events and/or people from Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg begins using the newly invented printing press in Mainz, Germany
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Jul 4, 1469
Lorebzo de Medici takes control of Florence
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Apr 13, 1492
Queen Isabella I funded Christopher Columbus journey to the New World
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Oct 31, 1504
Michelangelo completes his sculpture David
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Apr 13, 1514
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes a book about his theory about the universe
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Apr 12, 1517
Pope Leo X is finished with building St. Peter's Cathaderal
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Aug 13, 1525
William Tyndale translates the Bible into english
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Apr 12, 1536
King Henry VII closed down catholic monasteries
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Apr 13, 1537
Andreas Vesalius earns his medical degree in anatomy and later becomes a doctor
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Dec 25, 1541
John Calvin took over the leadership of the church reform the movement in Geneva